12/31/2023 0 Comments Glamour shots photography![]() ![]() Landing my dream job with Mennonite Central Committee The room with the peeling floral wall paper was also a perfect setting for capturing Rachel’s vintage flapper essence and I enjoyed messing around with some freelensing there too. She was a real trouper and even smoked a cigarette and sat on an old toilet for some of the shots. Rachel was getting over a bad head cold but you can hardly even tell in these photos. These are the colors of my soul! The light was gorgeous that morning, pouring in through the windows. I have so many favorites from this session that I found it hard to narrow these down. If you scroll down to the bottom of this post you’ll probably be able to tell which images were shot on film. I managed to not only shoot digital but also shot a roll of 800 speed Kodak film that was more than 10 years old on my Canon AE-1, my very first camera which functions completely manually. We had a limited time window for this shoot since it happened during the 2 hours my daughter was in preschool. They complemented the flapper look perfectly and I had fun holding them in front of the lens to create some additional depth and color. We made our own bouquets and used some of the feathers in them. ![]() I also happened to have a ton of peacock feathers on hand from my wedding back in 2012. I had ordered this awesome flapper dress on Amazon only to end up with my first ever emergency room visit on NYE due to what I thought was a bone stuck in my throat (thankfully turned out to be nothing) which meant no NYE party for me. The idea for this vintage flapper inspired glamour session began when I decided I wanted to dress up fancy for a friend’s New Year’s Eve party. I love jewel tones, especially peacock colors, and so naturally I was drawn to this room with a teal wall above Realm and Reason Shop in Lancaster City. Rachel has this vintage vibe about her (she also collects vintage clothing) and I thought she would be perfect for this. After much contemplating I ended up with this vintage peacock flapper inspired glamour session with my new friend and fellow creative Rachel as model. You can see a gallery of our Before and Afters HERE.This winter I was itching to do something creative just for myself and so I started tossing around some ideas. It’s my job to make you look and feel like a goddess, and create photos you absolutely fall in love with! Your session will be designed complete with 4-5 outfit changes, professional makeup artistry, hair styling, and me, a professional photographer who understands the art of posing because goodness knows, the camera makes all of us feel un-photogenic. Īnd it’s about giving you an experience of being a model for a day, having a girls day out, or just help you feel a bit more beautiful and pulled together than you may be on any other given day. It’s about photographing you the way you want to be photographed – whether that’s in a custom designed dress or barely anything at all whether it’s in my studio, your home, or in an exotic location halfway around the world! It’s whatever you’re dreaming of. about seeing the best version of yourself! It’s about allowing you to see yourself the way your loved ones see you. To experience a modern “glamour” – or contemporary beauty portrait session – with April Peebles Photography, you’ll find that YOU are at the center of all the decisions. It’s still a completely boutique experience, though, and one that can help you when you need it! ENTER: The Modern-Day Contemporary Glamour Portrait Session My mother had a ball taking these portraits, and that’s the one thing that hasn’t changed over the years. I’m grateful for the memories and times they captured. ![]() Yep, real, authentic Olan Mills Glamour Shots from 1994 taken from inside the Orange Park Mall! Aren’t you jealous?! They weren’t a classic look that would be hanging on my wall now, but these really are the last portraits I have of my mother and therefore they are cherished. I was lucky enough to purchase a few of these beautiful gems myself. In the 80’s, glamour photography was all about the big permed hair with a thick, heavy hold of White Rain hairspray cheesy, identical wardrobe options of leather jackets and feather boas, super-bold backgrounds, heavily caked-on makeup, along with some heavy-handed retouching.
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